Dilled Green Beans and Garlic Pickle

• 2 lbs fresh green beans
• 1 cup white vinegar
• 3 cups water
• 2 tablespoons pickling salt
• 4 sprigs fresh dill
• 2 teaspoons dried dill
• 6 garlic cloves
• 1 dash cayenne pepper (optional)

1. Wash and trim beans to fit vertically in pickle jar.
2. In a medium pot add water, salt and beans and bring to a boil.
3. Boil for 3 minutes.
4. Remove beans, and immerse beans into ice water bath.
5. Reserve blanching liquid.
6. In the pot of water used to blanch beans, add vinegar, dried dill, 2 cloves of garlic and cayenne pepper.
7. Return to a boil, reduce heat and simmer covered for 5 minutes.
8. Into hot sterilized pickle jars, place 1 clove of garlic and 1 sprig of dill then pack with beans stacked vertically leaving 1/4 inch headspace.
9. Ladle hot pickling liquid into packed jars, leaving 1/4 inch headspace and seal.
10. Process in boiling water bath for 10 minutes.
11. Store in cool dark place.
12. Ready in 2 weeks and keeps 12 months.
13. Serve chilled, refrigerate after opening.

green beans, white vinegar, water, pickling salt, dill, dill, garlic, cayenne pepper

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/dilled-green-beans-and-garlic-pickle-222504 (may not work)